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Form  No.  471 


ADDRESS 


OF  THE 


Bishop  of  North  Carolina 


TO   THE 


Convention  of  the  Diocese. 

1908. 


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THE  ADDRESS  OE  THE  BISHOP. 


Brethren  of  the  Clergy  and  Laity : 

We  are  met  in  Annual  Convention,  the  ninety -second  in 
the  history  of  our  Diocese,  one  week  earlier  than  the  day 
named  at  our  last  annual  gathering.  I  say  a  week  earlier 
than  the  day  named,  yet  we  meet  in  accordance  with  the  ac- 
tion then  taken,  for  the  resolution  adopted  allowed  the  Bish- 
op the  privilege  of  changing  the  day.  This  was  for  the  pur- 
pose of  having  our  meeting  at  an  earlier  date  than  that 
named,  in  case  attendance  upon  the  great  meetings  to  be 
held  in  London  in  June  and  July  of  the  present  year,  should 
make  an  earlier  day  more  convenient. 

At  the  time  of  our  last  Convention  I  had  little  thought 
of  being  able  to  attend  the  proposed  Pan-Anglican  Church 
Congress,  and  the  Lambeth  Conference.  The  generosity  of 
my  friends  and  brethren  in  the  Diocese  has  put  it  in  my 
power  to  be  present  at  both  these  great  meetings,  and  kind  as- 
surances of  their  desire  that  I  should  attend  them  have  en- 
couraged me  to  make  my  plans  for  this  visit  to  our  mother 
country  and  our  mother  Church.  I  am  deeply  gratified  to 
know  that  in  the  first  of  these  gatherings,  the  Pan-Anglican 
Church  Congress,  the  Diocese  will  also  be  ably  represented 
by  some  of  the  best  of  our  clergy  and  laity,  and  that  I  shall 
enjoy  the  pleasure  and  advantage  of  companionship  and 
conference  with  them  during  at  least  a  considerable  part  of 
my  journey  and  attendance  upon  the  Congress."  As  the 
Convention  of  last  year  took  no  action  in  the  matter,  the 
Bishop  was  asked  by  the  officers  of  the  Church  Congress  to 
appoint  representatives  to  attend  on  behalf  of  the  Diocese. 
It  would  be  a  satisfaction  to  me,  and,.  I  believe,  also  a 
gratification  to  the  persons  designated  by  me,  if  this  Conven- 
tion would,  by  a  resolution,  endorse  my  action  and  appoint- 
ments, and  also  request  me  to  fill  any  vacancy  in  the  repre- 
sentation which  may  be  caused  by  the  non-attendance  of  any 
of  those  heretofore  named.  As  members  of  the  Pan- Anglican 
Church  Congress  of  1908,  I  have  appointed  for  the  Diocese 
of  North  Carolina,  ■  the  Rev.  Edwin  A.  Osborne,  Arch-Dea- 
con of  Charlotte,  chairman ;  the  Rev.  Sidney  S.  Bost,  secre- 
tary, Rev.  A.  B.  Hunter,  of  the  clergy ;  the  Hon.  John  S. 
Henderson,  and  Messrs.  Win.  A.  Smith,  and  David  Y.  Coop- 
er, of  the  laity. 


2  Address  of  the  Bishop. 

The  Lambeth  Conference  has  been  meeting  at  intervals 
of  ten  years  since  1867.  It  is  composed  of  all  the  Bishops 
of  the  Anglican  Communion,  arid  has  come  to  be  considered 
a  part  of  the  normal  life  of  our  great  Church,  exer- 
cising no  legislative  function,  and  claiming  no  binding  power 
over  even  its  members,  but  at  the  same  time  serving  many 
important  and  useful  purposes  in  facilitating  communica- 
tion among  the  fathers  of  the  Church,  and  by  mutual  con- 
tact and  conference  stimulating',  guiding  and  developing 
the  common  life  of  the  world-wide  communion.  In  some 
respects  a  body  of  able  and  vise  leaders,  who  depend  wholly 
upon  moral  and  spiritual  influence,  can  accomplish  more  in 
the  real  life  of  great  communities  than  any  assembly  of 
legislators.  The  freer  assembly  generates  life  and  power, 
the  legislator  can  only  give  direction  io  the  life  when  it  has 
been  called  forth. 

The  Pan- Anglican  Church  Conference  is,  in  a  sense,  a 
manifestation  of  the  same  life  in  the  whole  body,  seeking  to 
extend  and  develop  itself  by  new  processes,  which  in  1807 
called  together  the  first  Lambeth  Conference.  It  is  an  ef- 
fort to  bring  to  bear  upon  some  of  our  practical  problems 
the  united  intelligence  and  zeal  of  the  clergy  and  laity  of  the 
whole  Anglican  communion.  Never  had  the  Church  so  wide 
a  field  of  endeavor  spread  out  before  it,  and  such  opportuni- 
ties for  every  variety  of  Christian  work.  This  is  true  of  the 
Church  at :large  all  over  the  world;  it  is  especially  true  of 
our  branch  of  the  Church.  The  purpose  of  the  Pan-Angli- 
can Church  Congress  is  first  of  all  to  emphasize  the  great- 
ness of  the  field,  of  the  opportunity,  of  the  responsibiirry  v 
second,  to  arouse  the  common  conscience  of  our  whole  com- 
munion, as  the  great  historical  Church  of  the  English  speak- 
ing people,  to  the  situation  which  confronts  us ;  and  thirdly, 
by  mutual  conference,  sympathy  and  d;scussion  to  give  some 
measure  of  increased  earnestness,  intelligence,  and  effective- 
ness, to  our  work  in  all  parts  of  the  field  of  the  world.  This 
1  understand  to  be  the  idea  and  purpose  of  the  Pan-Angli- 
can Church  Congress  of  1908.  I  trust  that  our  representa- 
tives may  realize  in  their  hearts  and  minds  this  idea  and 
purpose ;  and  that  we  may  all  do  what  lies  in  our  power  to 
accomplish  such  worthy  and  noble  designs.  T  ask  that  in 
all  the  churches  of  the  Diocese,  prayers  may  be  made  for 
God's  blessing  and  guidance  during  the  days  and  weeks  when 
these  great  meetings  shall  be  in  progress. 


Address  of  the  Bishop.  3 

I  trust  that  those  whose  kindness  and  generosity  have  put 
it  in  my  power  to  look  forward  to  participating  in  these  meet- 
ings, will  accept  this  inadequate  expression  of  my  apprecia- 
tion of  their  goodness. 

My  services  during  the  past  year  have  been  as  follows: 

1907. 
May     5.   The  Fifth  Sunday  after  Easter,  Raleigh:      Christ  Church,  ad- 
ministered the  Holy  Communion. 
6.  Went  to  Washington,  D.  C,  on  business  of  St.  Mary's  School. 
12.  The  Sunday  after  Ascension  Day,  Raleigh:     Officiated  in  the 

Church  of  the  Good  Shepherd. 
15.  Tarborough   Calvary  Church:,     The  Ninety-First  Annual   Con- 
vention of  the  Diocese  of  North  Carolina. 

10  a.  m.     Called  the  Convention  to  order. 

11  a.  m.  Officiated  at  the  opening  service.  Ordained  a  Deacon 
to  the  Priesthood,  and  administered  the  Holy  Communion. 
Presided  at  the  business  sessions  throughout  the  Convention. 

S  p.  m.     Officiated  at  the  evening  service. 
17.  7:30  a.  m.     Administered  the  Holy  Communion. 

4  p.  m.     Opened  the  meeting  of  the  Woman's  Auxiliary. 

8  p.  m.  Officiated  at  the  evening  service  and  made  an  ad- 
dress on  St.  Mary's  School. 

17.  10:30   a.   m.     Jubilee   Service   of  the   Diocesan   Branch   of  the 

Woman's  Auxiliary;    administered  the  Holy   Communion. 
8  p.  m.     Conducted  the  closing  service  of  the  Convention. 

18.  Examined  a  candidate  for  Priest's  Orders. 

19.  Whit-Sunday.     Tarborough:      St.  Lukes  Church. 

11  a.  m.  Ordained  a  Priest,  and  administered  the  Holy  Com- 
munion;  also  confirmed  four  persons. 

8  p.  m.  In  Calvary  Church:  Preached,  confirmed  and  ad- 
dressed eight  persons.  Made  an  address  to  the  congregation. 
26.  Trinity  Sunday,  Raleigh. 

11  a.  m.  St.  Mary's  Chapel:  Preached  and  administered  the 
Holy  Communion. 

5  p.  m.  St.  Augustine  Chapel:  Conducted  the  "Commence- 
ment Sunday"  service;  the  sermon  was  preached  by  the 
Rev.  Samuel  W.  Grice,  of  the  Diocese  of  South  Carolina. 

28.  Presided  at  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Trustees  of  St.  Augus- 

tine's School. 

29.  10:30  a.  m.     In  the  Church  of  the  Good  Shepherd:     Officiated 

at  a  funeral. 
11   a.  m.     In  Taylor  Hall,   St.  Augustine's  School:     Presided 

at  the  Annual  Commencement. 
2:30   p.   m.     Meeting  of  Executive   Committee   of   St.   Mary's 

School. 


•i  Address  of  the  Bishop. 

May  29.  4  p.  m.  Presided  at  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Trustees  of 
St.  Mary's  School. 
8:30  p.  m.  Made  an  address  at  the  dedication  of"  the  '"Eliza 
Battle  Pittman  Memorial"  Auditorium.  Bishop  Nelson,  of 
Georgia,  made  an  address  on  "Christian  Education  of 
Women." 

30.  11   a.   m.     Consecrated  the  Chapel  of  St.   Mary's  School,   and 

administered  the  Holy  Communion. 

31.  Presided  at  the  annual  Commencement  of  St.  Mary's  School, 

and  made  an  address. 

June   14.  Meeting  of  Executive  Committee  of  the   Convocation  of   Ra- 
leigh. 
17.  Meeting  of  the  Executive  Committee  of  St.  Mary's  School. 

July  11.  Statesville,    Trinity    Church:     Evening    Prayer;    assisted    the 
clergy  present. 

12.  In  the  same  Church:      Conducted  opening  service  at  the  Dis- 

trict Meeting  of  the  Convocation  of  Charlotte,  and  admin- 
istered the  Holy  Communion. 

13.  Cleveland,    Christ   Church,    visitation:     Preached   and   admin- 

istered the  Holy  Communion. 

14.  The  Sixth  Sunday  after  Trinity. 

Salisbury,  St.  Paul's  Church  (Chestnut  Hill)  visitation:  Con- 
firmed four  persons,  preached,  and  administered  the  Holy 
Communion. 

3:30  p.  m.  Rowan  County,  St.  Mary's  Church :  Confirmed 
two  persons,  preached,  and  administered  the  Holy  Com- 
munion. 

8  p.  m.     Salisbury,  St.  Peter's  Chapel:      Preached. 

16.  Woodleaf,    St.    George's    Chapel,    visitation:      Preached,    con- 

firmed and  addressed  three  persons. 

17.  Cooleemee,  Church  of  the  Good  Shepherd,  insitation:  Preached,' 

confirmed  and  addressed  four  persons. 

18.  Mayodan,  Church  of  the  Messiah,  visitation:     Confirmed  six- 

teen persons,  and  made  an  address. 

19.  In  the  same  Church  officiated  at  a  funeral. 

8:30  p.  m.  Madison,  St.  John's  Church,  visitation:  Preached, 
and  confirmed  four  persons,  three  being  from  Mayodan. 

21.  The  Eighth  Sunday  after  Trinity. 

Walnut  Cove,  Christ  Church,  visitation:  Confirmed  one  per- 
son, preached,  and  administered  the  Holy  Communion. 

3:30  p.  m.  Preached  in  the  country  at  the  residence,  of  Mr. 
Joseph  Blackburn. 

22.  Stoneville,     Emmanuel     Church,     visitation:      Preached     and 

confirmed  one  person. 

23.  Leaksville,   Church   of   the  Epiphany,   visitation:     8:00   p.   m. 

Had  a  Conference  with  the  Vestry. 
8:30  p.  m.     Preached,  and  confirmed  four  persons. 


Address  of  the  Bishop.  5 

July     25.  St.  James's  Day. 

11:30    a.    in.     Cunningham's    Chapel,    visitation:       Preached, 

and  confirmed  one  person. 
8:30  p.  m.     Milton,  Christ  Church,  visitation:     Preached. 

28.  The  Ninth  Sunday  after  Trinity. 

Orange  County,  St.  Mary's  Church,  visitation:     Made  an  ad- 
dress;   confirmed  three  persons,  and  administered  the  Holy 
Communion. 
Aug.    17.  Bristow,  St.  Mark's  Church,  visitation:     Said  Morning  Prayer; 
assisted  by  the  Clergy  present. 
18.  The  Twelfth  Sunday  after  Trinity. 

11  a.  m.  In  the  same  Church,  preached,  and  administered  the 
Holy  Communion. 

20.  Olive    Branch,    St.    Timothy's    Church,    visitation:     Preached, 

and  confirmed  two  persons. 

21.  Ansonville,    All    Soul's    Church,    visitation:        Said    Evening 

Prayer  and  preached. 
23.  Wadesboro',   Calvary   Church,   visitation:     Preached,   and   con- 
firmed five  persons. 

25.  The  Thirteenth  Sunday  after  Trinity. 

11  a.  m.  Rockingham,  Church  of  the  Messiah,  visitation: 
Confirmed  and  addressed  two  persons :  preached,  and  ad- 
ministered the  Holy  Communion. 

26.  Sanford,    St.     Thomas's    Church,     visitation:        Preached   and 

confirmed  four  persons. 

27.  Rockj*  Mount,  Church  of  the  Good  Shepherd,  special  visitation: 

Confirmed  ten  persons,  and  made  an  address. 

29.  Raleigh,     St.    Augustin's    Chapel :       Annual    meeting    of    the 

Colored  Convocation.     I  administered  the  Holy  Communion 
and  presided  at  the  several  sessions  of  the  Convocation. 
3:00  p.  m.     Delivered  my  Annual  Address  to  the  Convocation. 

30.  Presided  morning  and  afternoon  at  the  sessions  of  the  Convo- 

cation :   officiated  at  the  morning   service,  and  in  the  after- 
noon   made    an    address    to    the    Woman's    Auxiliary   of    the 
Convocation. 
Sept.  8.   The  Fifteenth  Sunday  after  Trinity. 

Raleigh,  8  p.  m.,  St.  Saviour's  Chapel:  Said  Evening  Prayer: 
preached,  and  made  an  address. 

17.  Raleigh,  Christ  Church:      8:00  p.  m.     Officiated  at  the  Even- 

ing Service. 

18.  In   the   same   Church,   annual   meeting  of   the   Convocation   ©f 

Raleigh:  Administered  the  Holy  Communion;  presided  in 
the  afternoon  meeting,  and  officiated  at  the  evening  service. 

19.  The    Convocation    held    its    morning    session    at    St.    Mary's 

School,  and  at  11  a.  m.  I  officiated  at  the  opening  service 
of  the  sixty-sixth  annual  session  of  St.  Mary's  School,  and 
made  an  address. 


6  Address  of  the  Bishop. 

Sept.    19.  Presided   at  the  sessions  of  the   Convocation,    and  at  a  Mis- 
sionary Meeting  in  the  evening  in  Christ  Church  made  an 
address. 
22.   The  Seventeenth  Sunday  after  Trinity. 

7:30    a.    m.     Raleigh,    Church    of    the    Good    Shepherd:      The' 

Rector  being  sick,  I  administered  the  Holy  Communion. 
11  a.  m.     In  the  same  Church  said  the  appointed  service  and 

preached. 
8    p.    m.     In    St.    Ambrose'    Church,    preached,    and    confirmed 
two   persons. 
Oct.    23.  Enfield,  Church  of  the  Advent,  visitation:     Made  an  address. 
24.  Weldon,    Grace    Church,    visitation:     The   Bishop    of    Vermont 

preached;    I  confirmed  one  person. 
27.  The  Twenty-second  Sunday  after  Trinity. 

Raleigh,    Christ    Church:      Officiated    at   the   morning    service, 

the  Bishop  of  Vermont  preaching  the  sermon. 
Officiated  in  the  same  church  in  the  evening,  the  Bishop  Co- 
adjutor, of  New  Hampshire,  being  the  preacher. 
30.  Reidsville,    St.    Thomas's    Church,    visitation:     Preached. 
Nov.      1.  All  Saints'  Day. 

Elkin,  Galloway  Memorial  Chapel,  visitation:     Preached, 
3.  The  Twenty-third  Sunday  after  Trinity. 

Winston,  St.  Paul's  Church,  visitation:     Confirmed  seven  per- 
sons;   preached,  and  administered  the  Holy  Communion. 
Preached   in  the   same   church   in   the  evening.     In   the   after- 
noon visited  the  chapel  recently  erected  for  a  mission  to  the 
colored  people,  and  preached. 
4.  Mount    Airy,    Trinity      Church,      visitation:     Said      Evening 

Prayer  and  preached. 
6.  Germanton,    St.    Philip's    Church,    visitation:     Said    Evening 
Prayer,  and  preached. 

6.  Greensboro.    St.    Barnabas    Church:     Annual    meeting    of    the 

Convocation  of  Charlotte. 
3:00  p.  m.     Presided  in  the  business  meeting. 
8 : 00    p.    m.     Officiated    at   the   evening   service,    and   made   an 

address. 

7.  In  the  same  Church  attended  business  sessions  of  the  Convo- 

vocation. 
8:00  p.  in      Visitation  to  St.   Barnabas's  Church:      Confirmed 
five  persons,  and  made  an  address. 

8.  Meeting   of   the    Executive    Committee    of   the    Convocation    of 

Charlotte. 
10.  The  Twenty-fourth  Sunday  after  Trinity. 

11  a.  m.  Greensboro,  St.  Andrew's  Church,  visitation:  Con- 
firmed six  persons ;  preached,  and  administered  the  Holy 
Communion. 


Address  of  the  Bishop.  7 

8:00  p.  m.  High  Point,  St.  Mary's  Church,  visitation: 
Preached;  confirmed,  and  addressed  five  persons. 

12.  3:00  p.  m.     Rowan  County,  St.  Matthew's  Church,  visitation: 

Preached,  and  confirmed  two  persons. 
Nov.    12.  7:30    p.    m.     Salisbury,       St.      Peters      Chapel,      visitation- 
Preached,  and  confirmed  two  persons. 

13.  11:00   a.    m.     Rowan   County,    St.   Jude's   Church,    visitation: 
Confirmed  three  persons  and  made  an  address. 

7:30    p.    m.     Salisbury,     St.      Luke's      Church,      visitation: 
Preached,  confirmed  six  persons,  and  made  an  address. 

14.  Rowan  County,  St.  Mark's  Chapel,  visitation:     Preached,  and 

administered  the  Holy  Communion. 
17.  The   Twenty-fifth  Sunday  after  Trinity. 

11:30  a.  m.     At  the  residence  of  Mr.  Hairston,  at  Cooleemee 
Plantations,    Davie    County,    I    said    Morning    Prayer    and 
preached. 
7:30   p.   m.     Lexington,   Grace  Church,   visitation:     Preached, 
and  confirmed  one  person. 
19.  Meeting  of  Executive  Committee  of  St.  Mark's  School. 
22.  Stovall,  St.  Peter's  Church,  visitation:     Preached. 

24.  The  Sunday  next  before  Advent. 

I   was   prevented  by   extremely  bad   weather   and   high   water 
from    keeping    my    appointments    at    St.      Paul's      Church, 
Goshen,  and  St.  Simeon's  Church,  Satterwhite. 
Dec.      1.  The  First   Sunday   in  Advent. 

11:00  a.  m.  Durham,  St.  Phillip's  Church:  Ordained  a 
Deacon  to  the  Priesthood,  and  administered  the  Holy  Com- 
munion. 

7:    30  p.  m.     Burlington,   St.  Athanasius'  Church,  visitation: 

Preached,  and  confirmed  two  persons. 
2.  At  the  request  of  the  rector  of  the  Parish  I  baptized  an  in- 
fant in  Burlington. 
8.  The  Second  Sunday  in  Advent. 

11:00  a.  m.  Rockingham,  Church  of  the  Messiah,  visitation: 
Preached,   and  administered  the  Holy  Communion. 

7:30  p.  m.  Hamlet:  Preached  in  a  public  hall  where  the 
Rev.  Charles  Fetter  conducts  a  monthly  service. 

15.  The  Third  Sunday  in  Advent. 

11:00  a.  m.  Laurel  Hill,  visitation:  In  the  factory  chapel: 
Preached,  and  administered  the  Holy  Communion. 

3:00    p.    m.     Laurinburg,      St.    David's      Church,    visitatio-n: 
Preached. 
18.  Salisbury,   St.  Luke's  Church:     Officiated  at  a  marriage. 

25.  Christmas  Day. 

Raleigh,  Church  of  the  Good  Shepherd:  Preached,  and  .ad- 
ministered the  Holy  Communion. 

29.  The  Sunday  after  Christmas. 
Raleigh,  Christ  Church:     Preached. 

30.  Smithfield,    visitation:     Preached,  and  confirmed  one  person. 


Address  of  the  Bishop. 


1908. 
Jan'y.   1.  Feast  of  the  Circumcision. 

Tarborough,  Calvary  Church:      11:00  a.  m.     Administered  the 

Holy  Communion. 
7  :  30  jj.  m.     In  the  same  Church :      Officiated  at  a  wedding. 
19.  The  /Second  Sunday  after  the  Epiphany. 

Raleigh,   Church  of  the  Good  Shepherd:      Preached. 
Feb.       7.  In  Tarborough:     Made  an  address  before  the  local  Chapter  of 
the  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy  on  the  life  of  the  late  Gov- 
ernor, Henry  Toole  Clark,  of  Edgecombe. 
9.  The  Fifth  Sunday  after  the  Epiphany. 

11  :00    a.    m.     Littleton,      St.      Albans'      Church,      visitation: 

Preached,  and  administered  the  Holy  Communion. 
7:30  p.  m.     Roanoke  Rapids,  All   Saints'  Mission,  visitation: 
Preached. 
12.  Warrenton,    Emmanuel      Church,    visitation:     Preached,      and 
confirmed  four  persons. 

23.  Sexagesima.  Sunday. 

11:00    a.    m.     In   the    public   hall    at    Pinehurst:      I   preached, 

and  administered  the  Holy  Communion. 
4:00    p.    m.     Southern    Pines,    Emmanuel    Church,    visitation: 

Preached. 

24.  St.  Matthias'  Day. 

Pittsboro,  St.   James'   Chapel,    visitation:     Preached,   and  con- 
firmed one  person. 

25.  St.   Bartholomew's  Church,    visitation:     Preached,  and  admin- 

istered the  Holy  Communion. 
Mch.        1.  Quinqugesima  Sunday. 

11:00    a.    m.     Hillsboro,    St.    Matthew's      Church,    visitation: 
Confirmed  one  person,  preached,  and  administered  the  Holy 
Communion. 
7:30  p.  m.     Durham,  St.  Phillip's  Church,  visitation:  Preached, 
confirmed  sixteen  persons,  and  made  an  address. 

4.  Ash   Wednesday. 

Raleigh,    St.    Mary's    Chapel:     Administered    the    Holy   Com- 
munion. 

5.  Meeting  of  Executive  Committee  of  St.  Mary's  School. 

6.  Oxford,   St.   Cyprians'   Chapel,    visitation:     Preached,   and   con- 

firmed five  persons. 
8.  The  First  Sunday  in  Lent. 

11:00  a.   m.     Oxford,   St.   Stephen's   Church,  visitation:     Con- 
firmed  one,    preached,    and    administered   the  Holy   Commu- 
nion. 
8:00  p.  m.     Henderson,  Church  of  the  Holy  Innocents,  visita- 
tion-    Preached,  confirmed,  and  addressed  fifteen  persons. 
9.  Confirmed  a  sick  woman  in  private. 

8:00  p.  m.     In  the  same  Church:      Preached. 


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Mch.     10.  8:00  p.  in.     Preached  again  in  tlie  same  Church. 

11.  Williamsboro,    St.    John's    Church,    visitation:     Preached. 

12.  Pudgeway,    Church    of    the    Good    Shepherd,    visitation:     Con- 

firmed   one    person,    preached,    and    administered    the    Holy 
Communion. 

13.  Kittrell,    St.    James's    Church,    visitation:     Preached,    and   ad- 

ministered the  Holy  Communion. 
15.  The  Second  Sunday  in  Lent. 

11:00  a.  m.  Louisburg,  St.  Paul's  Church,  visitation:  Con- 
firmed two  persons,  preached,  and  administered  the  Holy 
Communion. 

4:30  p.  m.  St.  Matthias'  Church,  visitation:  Preached,  con- 
firmed six  persons,  and  made  an  address. 

19.  12:00  m.     Greensboro,  St.  Andrew's  Church:     Confirmed  four 

persons,  and  made  an  address. 
8:00  p.  m.     Concord,  All  Saints'  Church,  visitation:    Preached. 

20.  Charlotte,  Church  of  the  Holy  Comforter    (Dilworth),  visita- 

tion-    Confirmed  five  persons,  and  made  an  address. 

21.  Mecklenburg    County,    St.    Mark's    Church,    visitation      Con- 

firmed  five   persons,    preached,   and   administered   the   Holy 
Communion. 

22.  The  Third  Sunday  in  Lent. 

Charlotte,  St.  Peter's  Church,  visitation:  10:30  a.  m.  Bap- 
tized an  adult. 

11:00  a.  m.  Confirmed  nineteen  persons,  preached,  and  ad- 
ministered the  Holy  Communion. 

3:30  p.  m.     Confirmed  two  persons  in  private. 

4:00  p.  m.     Church  of  St.  Michael  and  All  Angels,  visitation: 
Preached,  confirmed  ten  persons,  and  made  an  address. 
00  p.  m.     Preached  in  St.  Peter's  Church. 
00  p.  m.     Preached  in  St  .Peter's  Church. 
00    p.    m.     Charlotte,    St.    Andrew's    Chapel     (Seversville), 
visitation:     Confirmed  two  persons,  and  preached. 

24.  2:00  p.  m.     Cooleemee,  Church  of  the  Good  Shepherd,  special 
visitation:     Confirmed  nine  persons,  and  made  an  address. 

8:00    p.    m.     Charlotte,    St.      Martin's      Chapel,      visitation 
Preached,  and  confirmed  four  persons. 

25.  The  Feast  of  the  Annunciation. 
11:00  a.  m.     Chapel  of  St.  Mary  the  Virgin,  The  Thompson 

Orphanage,    visitation:     Confirmed    ten    children,    made    an 

address,  and  administered  the  Holy  Communion. 
8:00  p.  m.     Monroe,  St.  Paul's  Church,  visitation:     Preached, 

and  confirmed  three  children. 
29.  The  Fourth  Sunday  in  Lent. 

Chapel    Hill,    Chapel    of   the    Cross,    visitation:     11:00    a.    m. 

Preached  and  administered  the  Holy  Communion. 


23.  5 


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Mch.  29.  7:30  p.  m.  In  the  same  church:  Confirmed  one  person. 
After  the  Evening  Service  I  made  an  address  in  a  room  in 
the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association  Building  to  an  asso- 
ciation of  young  men  in  the  University  who  are  looking 
forward  to  entering  the  Ministry. 
April  2.  Raleigh,  St.  Augustine's  School.  Graduation  of  Nurses:  I 
made  a  brief  address,  and  gave  the  Blessing. 
5.  The  Fifth  Sunday  in  Lent. 

11:00   a.   m.     Raleigh,    Christ   Church,    visitation:     Confirmed 
seven   persons,   preached,  and   administered  the   Holy  Com- 
munion. 
8:00   p.   m.     St.   Ambrose   Church,   for   Colored  people,   visiter 
tion:     Preached  and  confirmed  eight  persons. 

8.  Raleigh,    St.    Augustine's    School      Chapel,    visitation:     Con- 

firmed nine  persons,  and  made  an  address. 

9.  Raleigh,  St.  Saviour's  Chapel,  visitation:     Preached,  and  con- 

firmed eight  persons. 

11.  Meeting  of  Executive  Committee  of  St.  Mary's  School. 

12.  Palm  Sunday. 

11:00  a.  m.  Raleigh,  Chapel  of  St.  Mary's  School,  visitation: 
Confirmed  ten  pupils  of  the  School  and  one  teacher,  preached, 
and  administered  the  Holy  Communion. 

8:00  p.  m.  Church  of  the  Good  Shepherd,  visitation: 
Preached  and  confirmed  eighteen  persons. 

13.  Jackson,      Church    of    the      Saviour,    visitation:     8:00    p.    mv 

Preached. 

14.  8 :  00  p.  m.     In  the  same  Church :      Preached. 

15.  7 :  00    a.    m.     In    the    same    Church :     Administered>   the    Holy 

Communion. 

5:00  p.  m.  Halifax,  St.  Mark's  Church,  visitation  Con- 
firmed three  persons,  and  made  an  address. 

8:00  p.  m.     In  the  same  Church:      Preached. 

16.  3:00  p.  m.     Enfield,  Church  of  the  Advent:     Preached. 
8:00    p.    m.     Bingwood,    St.      Clements'      Church,    visitation 

Preached,  and  confirmed  three  persons. 

17.  Good  Friday. 

11:00  a.  m.     Enfield,  Church  of  the  Advent:     Preached. 
8  p.  m.     Weldon,  Grace  Church,  special  visitation:    Preached, 
and  confirmed  seven  persons. 

18.  Easter  Even. 

Wilson,  St.  Mark's  Church  for  Colored  people,  visitation: 
Preached,  confirmed  and  addressed  four  persons. 

19.  Easter. 

11:00  a.  m.  Wilson,  St.  Timothy's  Church,  visitation:  Con- 
firmed ten  persons,  preached,  and  administered  the  Holy 
Communion. 


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April  19.  4:30  p.  m.  Rocky  Mount,  Church  of  the  Good  Shepherd, 
visitation:  Made  an  address  at  the  Sunday  School  Easter 
service. 

5:30  p.  m.     Confirmed  a  sick  woman  in  private. 

8:00  p.  m.  In  the  same  Church:  Preached,  and  confirmed 
twenty-one  persons. 

20.  Battleboro,   St.   John's   Church,    visitation:     7:30   p.    m.     Con- 

firmed a  sick  woman  in  private. 
8:00  p.  m.     Preached,  and  confirmed  four  persons. 

21.  Tarboro,    St.    Luke's    Church,    visitation:     Preached    and    con* 

firmed  four  colored  persons. 
Tarboro,  Calvary  Church,  visitation:     Preached  and  confirmed  six 
persons. 

26.  The  First  Sunday  after  Easter. 

11:00    a.    m.     Lawrence,    Grace    Memorial    Chapel,    visitation: 

Said  Morning  Prayer,  preached,  and  administered  the  Holy 

Communion. 
3:30   p.   m.     Speed,    St.   Mary's   Church,    visitation:     Baptized 

an  adult,  confirmed  four  persons,  and  preached. 
8:00    p.    m.     Scotland      Neck,      Trinity      Church,      visitation: 

Preached,  and  confirmed  two  persons. 

27.  Duke,    St.    Stephen's    Church,    visitation:     Baptized    an    adult, 

confirmed  seven  persons,  and  preached. 

During  the  year  covered  by  this  report  I  have  officiated  within  the 
Diocese  at  155  services;  administered  the  Holy  Communion  45  times; 
delivered  137  sermons  and  addresses;  officiated  at  two  marriages,  and  at 
two  funerals;  and  confirmed  385  persons;  I  have  baptized  one  infant 
and  three  adults.  I  have  been  more  frequently  absent  from  the  Diocese 
than  usual,  but  mostly  upon  official  business,  either  wholly  or  in  part. 
I  have  officiated  beyond  the  bounds  of  the  Diocese  as  follows:  In  the 
Dioceses  of  East  Carolina,  Connecticut,  Tennessee,  Washington,  South 
Carolina,  and  Virginia,  and  in  the  District  of  Asheville,  I  officiated  on 
21  occasions;  delivered  9  sermons  and  addresses;  administered  the 
Holy  Communion  3  times;  baptized  one  person,  and  officiated  at  one 
marriage,  and  at  one  funeral. 

May  30th  I  consecrated  the  Chapel  of  St.  Mary's  School,  Ealeigh, 
being  assisted  in  the  services  by  the  Bishops  of  Georgia,  Asheville, 
Missisippi,  and  East  Carolina.  The  Petition  for  Concecration  was  read 
by  the  Rev.  McNeely  DuBose,  Rector  of  the  School,  and  the  Sentence  of 
Consecration  by  the  Rev.  Julian  E.  Ingle,  acting  as  Chaplain  of  the 
Bishop.  The  sermon  was  preached  by  the  Bishop  of  Mississippi.  The 
Rev.  Dr.  Diane,  of  East  Carolina,  the  Rev.  Mr.  Witsell,  of  South  Caro- 
lina, and  the  Rev.  Milton  A.  Barber,  were  also  present. 

May  loth.  In  Calvary  Church,  Tarboro:  At  the  opening  service 
of  one  Diocesan  Convention  of  1907,  I  ordained  to  the  Priesthood,  the 
Rev.  Richard  Roscoe  Phelps,   who  had  faithfully  served  his  Deaconate 


12  Address  of  the  Bishop. 

in  St.  Paul's  Church,  Monroe.  The  sermon  was  preached  by  the  Rev. 
John  London.  The  candidate  was  presented  by  his  father,  the  aged 
rector  of  Trinity  Church,  Scotland  Neck.  The  Rev.  Francis  W.  Hil- 
liard,  Edwin  A.  Osborne,  J.  McK.  Pittinger,  D.D.,  Girard  W.  Phelps, 
A.  B.  Hunter,  and  other  Presbyters  joined  in  the  Imposition  of  Hands. 

May  19th.  Whitsunday.  In  St.  Luke's  Church  (for  Colored  peo- 
ple), Tarborough:  I  ordained  to  the  Priesthood,  the  Rev.  Robert  Na- 
thaniel Perry,  a  colored  Deacon  who  since  his  ordination  had  been  most 
usefully  serving  in  St.  Mark's  Church,  Wilson.  The  candidate  was  pre- 
sented by  Arch-deacon  Pollard,  and  the  sermon  was  preached  by  the 
Rev.  Primus  P.  Alston.  The  Rev.  John  W.  Perry,  the  Rev.  James  E. 
King,  and  the  Rev.  William  B.  Suthern,  Jr.,  the  Preacher  and  the  Pre- 
senter, all  joined  in  the  Imposition  of  Hands. 

Dec.  1st.  The  First  Sunday  in  Advent:  In  St.  Philip's  Church, 
Durham,  I  ordained  to  the  Priesthood  the  Rev.  Thomas  Lee  Trott, 
whose  Deaconate  had  been  most  faithfully  served  under  the  Rev.  Dr. 
Murdoch  and  the  Rev.  Sidney  S.  Bost.  The  candidate  was  presented 
by  the  Rev.  Sidney  S.  Bost,  the  sermon  was  preached  by  the  Rev.  Dr. 
Murdoch.  Both  these  clergymen,  with  the  Rev.  Dr.  Meade,  the  Rev. 
Edwin  A.  Osborne,  the  Rev.  A.  B.  Hunter,  and  the  Rev.  Francis  W. 
Hilliard,  joined  in  the  Imposition  of  Hands. 

Sept.  15th.  The  Sixteenth  Sunday  after  Trinity:  In  Trinity 
Church,  Columbia,  S.  C,  I  took  part  in  the  Consecration  of  the  Rev. 
Wm.  Alexander  Guerry,  D.D.,  as  Bishop  Coadjutor  of  South  Carolina. 
I  was  joined  with  the  Presiding  Bishop  and  the  Bishop  of  Florida  as 
Consecrators.  The  Bishops  of  Tennessee,  Asheville,  Mississippi,  and 
East  Carolina  also  joined  in  this  interesting  service. 

I  have  received  into  the  Diocese  by  letters  dismissory  the  following 
clergymen : 

John  Coleman  Horton,  Priest,  May  30th,  1907,  from  Florida. 
Charles  Fetter,  Priest,  October  17,  1907.  from  Southern  Virginia. 
George  W.  Lay,  Priest,  November  21,  1907,  from  New  Hampshire. 
Frederick  Augustus  Fetter,  Priest,  February  27,  1908,  from  Southern 
Virginia. 

I  have  transferred  to  other  Dioceses  the  following: 

James  L.  Martin,  Priest,  June  25,  1907,  to  Maryland. 
James  D.  Simmons,  Priest,  February  3,  1908,  to  Harrisburg. 
Herman  B.  Dean,  Priest,  October  19,  1907,  to  Georgia. 

I  reported  last  year  that  I  had  given  the  Rev.  James  D.  Simmons  let- 
ters to  the  Bishop  of  Duluth.  It  seems,  however,  that  Mr.  Simmons  did 
not  present  those  letters,  being  detained  in  the  East  by  the  illness  of  a 
relative.  Upon  his  application,  I  gave  him  later  letters  to  Harrisburg, 
which  the  Bishop  writes  me  he  has  accepted. 

We  have  lost  none  of  our  clergy  by  death  during  the  past  year.  I 
can  not,  however,  pass  over  without  special  notice  the  retirements  from 


Address  of  the  Bishop.  L3 

active  service  of  oue  of  the  oldest  and  most  honored  of  our  Presbyters, 
the  Rev.  Matthias  M.  Marshall,  D.D.,  for  over  forty-two  years  a  Priest 
of  this  Diocese,  for  thirty-three  years  Rector  of  our  leading  Parish,  and 
for  many  years  President  of  the  Standing  Committee,  President  of  the 
Convention,  a  Deputy  to  the  General  Convention,  and  in  many  other 
ways  prominently  associated  with  the  most  important  interests  of  the 
Church  and  Diocese.  But  though  thus  eminent  in  our  Church  life  in 
many  aspects,  it  was  as  pastor  that  he  excelled,  and  he  excelled  as 
a  pastor  because  it  was  into  his  pastoral  work  that  he  put  his  heart. 
Singularly  endowed  with  a  natural  sympathy  and  attractiveness  of 
manner,  as  well  as  with  the  reality  of  a  sympathetic  and  tender  heart, 
he  extended  his  influence  and  his  usefulness  through  all  classes  of  the 
community.  He  had  admirable  gifts  as  a  graceful  and  impressive  pub- 
lic speaker,  and  in  the  chancel  and  in  the  pulpit  commanded  the  de- 
vout attention  of  his  congregation,  but  it  was  in  the  closer  ministra- 
tions of  the  home  and  the  sick  room  that  his  power  was  most  prevailing. 

The  Diocese  of  North  Carolina  has  had  no  more  loving  son,  and 
few  whose  pastoral  influence  has  been  more  extensive,  or  more  afl'ec- 
tionately  recognized  by  the  community  in  which  he  lived  We  all,  I 
am  sure,  join  most  heartily  in  praying  for  the  blessing  of  God  upon 
his  declining  years. 

There  have  been  but  few  changes  in  the  fields  of  labor  of  the  clergy 
of  the  Diocese  during  the  year. 

The  Rev.  Dr.  Marshall  resigned  the  Rectorship  of  Christ  Church, 
Raleigh,  on  account  of  increasing  physical  infirmities.  After  many 
months  of  delay,  the  Vestry  reluctantly  accepted  his  resignation  as  un- 
avoidable, and  with  great  regret  severed  a  connection  of  over  thirty- 
three  years.  The  Rev.  Milton  A.  Barber,  assistant,  succeeded  to  the 
Rectorship. 

The  Rev.  W.  L.  Millichampe  has  ceased  to  officiate  at  Mount  Airy,  and 
has  also  resigned  charge  of  Leaksville,  but  continues  in  charge  of  the 
other  Churches  heretofore  served  by  him. 

The  Rev.  George  M.  Tolson  some  months  ago  resigned  the  office  of 
Arch-deacon  of  Raleigh,  but  has  continued  to  attend  to  its  duties,  so 
far  as  his  other  engagements  have  permitted.  Upon  the  removal  of 
the  Rev.  Mr.  Hoover  from  Enfield,  Mr.  Tolson  took  charge  of  Enfield, 
Ringwood,  and  Halifax,  continuing  also  Rector  of  Grace  Church, 
Weldon. 

The  Rev.  H.  Leach  Hoover  has  left  Enfield,  and  in  October,  1907,  be- 
came Rector  of  the  Church  of  the  Epiphany,  Leaksville. 

The  Rev.  Richard  R.  Phelps  has  resigned  charge  of  St.  Paul's,  Mon- 
roe, and  confines  his  ministrations  to  Ansonville  and  St.  Timothy's. 
Olive  Branch.  At  present  he  is  also  giving  occasional  services  at 
Wadesboro,  left  vacant  by  the  return  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Martin  to  Mary- 
land. 

The  many  friends  of  the  Rev.  Frederick  A.  Fetter  and  the  Rev. 
Charles  Fetter  are  much  gratified  to  have  them  back  in  the  Diocese,  the 


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former  having  assumed  charge  of  St.  Paul's  Church,  Monroe,  in  Feb- 
ruary, 1908;  and  the  latter  having  taken  charge  of  the  churches  in 
Rockingham  and  Laurinburg,  supplying  also  services  at  Hamlet  and 
at  Laurel  Hill. 

The  Rev.  John  Coleman  Horton  has  become  Rector  of  Emmanuel 
Church,  Warrenton,  and  gives  also  a  monthly  Sunday  service  to  St. 
John's  Church,  Williamsboro,  and  the  Church  of  the  Heavenly  Rest, 
Middleburg. 

The  General  Convention  of  1907. 

The  past  year  has  been  a  memorable  one  in  the  history  of 
the  church  in  the  United  States.  The  General  Convention 
of  October,  1907,  was  held  in  Richmond,  and  commemorated 
the  completion  of  three  centuries  of  church  life  in  America. 
The  presence  of  the  Bishop  of  London,  whose  predecessors 
for  a  hundred  and  fifty  years  were  the  Diocesans  of  the 
North  American  Colonies,  though  he  is  the  first  who  ever 
visited  these  shores,  added  interest  to  the  occassion ;  and  both 
he  and  the  Bishop  of  St.  Alban's  produced  a  most  favorable 
impression  up  on  the  country  at  large. 

The  commemorative  services  at  Jamestown  and  in  Old 
Bruton  Church,  Williamsburg,  were  most  interesting  and 
imposing.  I  had  the  honor  of  taking  part  in  the  latter  as 
one  of  the  Bishops  appointed  to  represent  the  General  Con- 
vention, and  of  preaching  one  of  the  sermons  by  the  request 
of  the  rector. 

I  have  no  time,  however,  to  linger  over  these  interesting 
features  of  the  convention.  Its  legislation  demands  brief 
mention  of  one  or  two  important  matters. 

The  Missionary  Departments. 

The  General  Convention  of  1904,  arranged  the  Dioceses 
and  Missionary  Districts  in  a  number  of  Judicial  and  Mis- 
sionary Departments,  though  the  two  were  not  co-terminous. 
The  General  Convention  of  1907,  so  far  amended  the  action 
of  1904,  as  to  make  these  Departments  identical,  so  that  now 
there  are  eight  Departments,  and  each  of  these  is  treated  as 
a  unit  for  both  judicial  and  for  missionary  purposes.  The 
fourth  Department  consists  of  the  Dioceses  and  Missionary 
Districts  within  the  States  of  North  and  South  Carolina, 
Georgia,  Florida,  Alabama,  Mississippi,  Tennessee  and  Ken- 
tucky. The  Bishop  of  Florida,  being  the  senior  Bishop  of 
this  Department,  is  required  to  call  together  during  the  year 


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1908,  the  Bishops  and  representatives  of  the  several  Dioceses 
and  Missionary  Districts,  in  order  to  organize  the  missionary 
council  of  the  department.  Each  division  may  elect  four 
clerical  and  four  lay  representatives  to  this  missionary 
council.  If  no  election  is  made  by  this  Convention,  our  cleri- 
cal and  lay  deputies  to  the  Convention  of  1907  will  be  en- 
titled to  attend  as  members  of  the  council.  It  is  for  this  Con- 
vention to  consider  what  action  it  may  wish  to  take.  The 
Bishop  of  Florida  has  written  me  that  he  purposes  calling 
this  council  of  the  fourth  Department  to  meet  in  Jackson, 
Mississippi,  on  the  fourth  day  of  November  next. 

Canon  19. 

Much  discussion  has  been  provoked  by  what  seems  to  me, 
when  rightfully  interpreted  and  applied,  a  very  simple  and 
harmless  amendment  to  Canon  19  of  the  Canons  of  the  Gen- 
eral Convention.  The  purpose  of  this  canon  in  its  original 
form  was  to  guard  against  the  intrusion  of  unauthorized 
ministrations  upon  our  congregations  and  in  our  churches ; 
and  it  simply  put  into  the  form  of  law  the  principles  plainly 
set  forth  in  the  Prayer  Book  and  the  Ordinal,  and  generally 
recognized  in  the  Church.  The  House  of  Deputies  sent  to 
the  House  of  Bishops  a  proposed  amendment  of  this  canon 
in  the  form  of  a  proviso,  that  nothing  contained  in  its  pro- 
hibitory clauses  should  be  so  construed  as  to  prevent  "the 
minister  in  charge  of  any  congregation  of  this  Church,  when 
authorized  by  his  Bishop,  from  permitting  a  sermon  or  ad- 
dress therein  by  any  Christian  person  approved  by  the  Bish- 
op." Whatever  may  have  been  the  good  intentions  of  the 
framers  of  this  amendment,  it  seems  to  me  a  most  radical 
departure  from  the  principles  and  practices  of  the  Church. 
The  House  of  Bishops  sent  back,  in  its  stead,  an  amendment, 
which  was  adopted,  and  is  now  the  law,  in  the  form  of  a  pro- 
viso that  the  prohibitions  of  the  canon  should  not  be  so  con- 
strued as  to  "prevent  the  Bishop  of  a  Diocese  or  Missionary 
District  from  giving  permission  to  Christian  men,  who  are 
not  ministers  of  this  Church,  to  make  addresses  in  the  Church 
on  special  occasions."  In  the  judo-ment  of  many,  and  it  is 
my  own  view  of  the  case,  this  amendment  to  the  canon  only 
expresses  what  has  always  been  the  law  of  the  Church.  I 
suppose  there  is  not  a  Diocese  in  the  country  in  which  ad- 


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dresses  have  not  at  times  been  made  in  the  Church  by  "Chris- 
tian men,  who  are  not  ministers  of  this  Church/'  on  special 
occasions.  I  have  been  present  when  such  addresses  have 
been  made  with  general  approval  in  Conventions  and  other 
representative  assemblies  of  "this  Church."  The  amendment 
in  question  is  really  restrictive,  and  requires  the  express  per- 
mission of  the  Bishop  to  bring  such  an  address  within  the 
law.  I  can  not  but  think  that  some  of  the  rather  loose  and 
extravagant  expressions  reported  in  the  debates  in  the  House 
of  Deputies  upon  the  proposed  amendment,  which  was  not 
adopted,  and  is  not  the  law,  have  prejudiced  the  minds  of 
those  who  now  fault  the  Canon  as  it  stands;  and  it  is  not  im- 
possible that  those  same  views  and  purposes,  which  failed  to 
obtain  the  sanction  of  the  General  Convention,  have  consci- 
ously or  unconsciously  influenced  the  interpretation  which, 
as  it  appears  from  cases  reported  in  our  Church  papers,  has 
been  given  to  the  canon  as  amended.  Between  the  amend- 
ment proposed  by  the  House  of  Deputies,  and  that  finally 
adopted  by  the  General  Convention,  there  is  a  fundamental 
difference.  This  Church  holds  and  teaches  plainly  and  strong- 
ly the  necessity  of  a  properly  authorized  and  authenticated 
ministry.  This  authority  and  authentication  seem  to  her 
best  secured  by  ordination  at  the  hands  of  Bishops  deriving 
their  authority  in  due  and  orderly  succession  from  the  Apos- 
tles. She  has  carefully  preserved  and  guarded  this  succes- 
sion, and  she  explicitly  requires  of  those  who  would  exercise 
the  ministerial  function  for  her  people,  that  their  authority 
and  character  shall  be  guaranteed  by  such  ordination.  The 
preaching  of  sermons  is  made  part  of  the  office  of  the  Holy 
Communion  by  the  rubric,  and  this  is  the  formal  recognition 
by  the  Church  of  the  importance  of  authoritative  teaching 
by  the  clergy  in  the  exercise  of  their  holy  function.  Such 
has  been  the  feeling  of  the  Church  on  this  subject  that  even 
when  authorizing  her  own  faithful  and  tried  laymen  to  read 
in  the  Church,  she  has  never  allowed  them  to  deliver  "ser- 
mons," until  the  amendment  to  the  canon  of  "Lay  Readers," 
in  1904 ;  and  then  only  "for  urgent  needs"  by  a  special  license 
from  the  Bishop,  and  "after  instruction  and  examination" — 
thus  preserving  the  idea  and  the  fact  of  Episcopal  authoriza- 
tion and  commission. 

When,  therefore,  it  was  proposed  to  allow  any  "Christian 
person"  "approved  by  the  Bishop,"  but  without  examination 


Address  of  the  Bishop.  IT 

or  license,  and  not  necessarily  even  a  member  of  this  Church, 
to  deliver  sermons  or  addresses  in  the  Church,  and  by  plain 
implication  to  exercise,  in  the  public  services  of  the  Church, 
the  teaching  function  of  the  ministry,  heretofore  so  carefully 
guarded  and  restricted,  it  is  little  to  be  wondered  at  that  the 
proposition  should  have  seemed  to  many  judicious  persons 
radical  and  revolutionary.  That  proposition,  so  far  as  we. 
may  judge  by  the  printed  journal  of  the  General  Convention, 
received  no  countenance  from  the  Bishops  and  fathers  of  our 
Church.  The  amendment  proposed  by  them,  and  finally 
adopted  by  the  Convention  as  it  now  stands  in  the  canon, 
simply  recognizes  the  fact  that  besides  the  appointed  offices 
of  the  Church  in  which  her  authorized  agents  alone  can  of- 
ficiate, there  are  "special  occasions"  when  many  subjects  of 
common  interest  and  importance  come  up  for  consideration 
in  the  Church,  in  meetings  of  our  clergy  and  laity ;  and  that 
in  many  ways  and  at  many  points  our  Christian  life  must 
touch  the  lives  of  other  Christian  people.  There  are  many 
occasions  when  our  own  clergy  make  addresses  to  the  people, 
not  in  the  exercise  in  their  function  as  authoritative  teachers. 

The  amendment  to  Canon  19,  fairly  interpreted,  as  it  seems 
to  me,  means  that  upon  "special  occasions"  and  therefore  not 
in  the  performance  of  the  regular  and  appointed  services  and 
offices  of  the  Church,  it  shall  not  be  considered  any  violation 
of  the  law,  if  the  Bishop  authorize  an  address  in  the  Church 
by  a  Christian  man  who  is  not  a  minister  of  this  Church.  In 
such  a  reasonable  liberty,  allowed  and  regulated  by  law,  and 
guarded  in  its  exercise  by  the  direct  oversight  of  the  Bishop, 
I  see  no  occasion  for  the  alarm  felt  in  some  quarters. 

That  the  clergy  and  people  in  this  diocese  may  the  better 
understand  the  foregoing  explanation  or  interpretation  of 
the  canon,  I  will  give  a  brief  statement  of  the  applications 
so  far  made  to  me  under  the  canon  as  recently  amended,  and 
my  action  upon  such  applications. 

I  was  applied  to  by  one  of  the  most  honored  of  our  Presby- 
ters, who  desired  to  have  a  "Union  service"  in  his  parish 
Church  on  Thanksgiving  Day,  and  to  invite  the  Presbyterian 
or  Methodist  minister  to  preach  at  this  service.  I  declined 
to  give  my  consent,  first,  because  the  civil  authorities  had 
specially  requested  that  all  people  should  assemble  in  their 
respective  places  of  worship,  for  the  services  of  Thanksgiving 


18  Address  of  the  Bishop. 

Day ;  and  I  was  unwilling  to  assume  beforehand  that  only 
a  sufficient  number  would  respond  to  this  invitation  to  form 
one  congregation  which  assumption  lies  at  the  bottom  of  all 
such  schemes  of  a  "Union"  Thanksgiving  service.  But,  for 
a  second  reason,  I  hold  that  the  Thanksgiving  Day  service, 
being  one  of  the  required  services  of  the  Church,  for  which 
special  provision  is  made,  and  which  the  clergy  of  the  Church 
are  required  to  observe,  does  not  come  within  the  meaning 
of  Canon  19  where  it  speaks  of  "special  occasions." 

The  second  application  was  from  a  Presbyter  who  desired 
to  know  if  the  canon  could  be  interpreted  to  allow  him  to 
join  with  the  other  local  pastors  in  a  series  of  joint  revival 
services,  in  which  he  might  ask  them  to  preach  in  Ins  church. 
To  this  application  I  felt  obliged  to  return  an  unfavorable 
reply. 

The  third  application  was  by  two  clergymen  of  a  city  where 
we  have  several  resident  ministers,  and  a  number  of  mission 
chapels,  in  addition  to  the  parish  church,  and  where  much 
missionary  work  is  carried  on.  The  local  clergy  of  the 
Church  proposed  to  have  in  one  of  the  Church  buildings  a 
conference  of  clergymen  and  laymen  for  the  discussion  of 
practical  problems  in  their  missionary  work;  and  they  asked 
my  permission  to  invite  a  layman,  not  of  our  Church,  but  a 
man  of  much  experience  in  city  missionary  and  charitable 
work,  to  attend  their  conference,  and  to  make  an  address, 
feeling  that  he  could  help  them  much  by  his  advice  and  sug- 
gestions. This  seemed  to  me  a  "special  occasion,"  within 
the  meaning  of  the  canon ;  and  I  very  cheerfully  gave  my 
consent  to  the  proposed  invitation.  And  to  the  best  of  my 
belief  I  should  have  taken  just  the  same  position  in  each 
case,  before  the  amendment  to  Canon  19  ;  which  brings  me 
around  to  my  first  position,  that  in  my  judgment  the  amend- 
ment, of  which  we  have  heard  so  much,  simply  expresses 
what  has  always  been  the  law  of  the  Church  in  that  matter. 

The    Proposed    Canon    oe    Racial    Missionary    Juris- 
dictions. 

1  must  say  a  few  words  as  to  the  position  of  the  General 
Convention  upon  the  proposed  action  in  behalf  of  the  work  in 
the  South  among  our  colored  people.  And  the  first  word  I 
must  say  is  that  the  failure  of  the  General  Convention  to  take 
action  is  whollv  due  to    the  failure    of  our    own  Southern 


Address  of  the  Bishop.  10 

Churchmen  to  agree  upon  any  policy  or  measure  touching 
this  subject.  There  was  a  manifest  readiness  on  the  part  of 
the  Bishops  and  deputies  from  other  parts  of  the  country  to 
adopt  such  measures  as  should  be  presented  by  the  united 
action  of  the  men  of  the  South.  The  plans  proposed  by  our 
last  Convention  were  earnestly  pressed  by  a  number  of  Bish- 
ops, but  they  did  not  command  any  general  support  from 
the  Southern  Bishops  and  deputies.  We  must  therefore  acquit 
our  brethren  from  other  parts  of  the  country  of  any  responsi- 
bility for  the  failure  of  our  hopes. 

In  this  situation,  while  we  of  the  South  are  unable  to 
agree  upon  any  general  methods  of  dealing  with  this  most 
momentous  and  vital  matter,  the  General  Convention  advises 
that  the  question  should  not  be  complicated  and  its  difficulties 
increased  by  attempts  at  local  and  partial  action.  I  believe 
myself  that  the  method  advocated  by  those  who  represented 
our  Diocese  will  ultimately  be  adopted,  or  some  modification 
of  it.  There  have  been  rather  remarkable  signs  of  a 
change  of  mind  in  some  of  its  most  strenuous  opponents, 
since  the  adjournment  of  the  General  Convention.  It  seems 
to  me,  therefore,  that  we  may  well  exercise  a  little  patience, 
and  give  time  for  the  mind  of  the  Church  to  mature,  the  best 
solution  of  the  problem. 

I  ask  you,  my  brethren,  to  consider  the  suggestions  of  the 
report  upon  this  subject,  drawn  up  by  a  Southern  Bishop, 
and  adopted  by  both  houses  of  the  General  Convention.  I 
felt  it  my  duty  to  present  a  minority  report  urging  action 
along  the  lines  favored  by  this  Diocese,  as  you  may  read  in 
the  Journal  of  the  Convention.  But  the  report  of  the  majori- 
ty of  the  committee  was  adopted,  and  I  feel  that  it  is  our 
duty  to  respect,  and  to  defer  to,  the  advice  of  our  great  iSTa- 
tional  Council. 

The  whole  of  the  report  of  the  majority,  which  is  published 
at  the  end  of  the  Journal  as  Appendix  IX.,  is  well  worth 
careful  study,  and  I  ask  your  special  attention  to  the  follow- 
ing paragraphs : 

"Over  against  this  sub-division  on  race  lines  we  place  the  ancient 
ideal  of  the  Church  for  an  ecclesiastical  order  in  which  men  as  Chris- 
tians, and  not  as  members  of  a  particular  race,  may  co-operate  for  their 
moral  and  spiritual  welfare,  and  for  the  advancement  of  the  Kingdom 
of  God  amongst  all  mankind,  and  without  sacrificing  their  essential 
political  or  social  convictions ;   and  whatever  may  be  the  present  strain 


20  Address  of  the  Bishop. 

and  problem  in  connection  with  the  franchise  in  the  legislative  assem- 
blies of  the  Church,  we  can  not  counsel  the  abandonment  of  that  ideal." 

And  again : 

"Patience  and  wisdom  and  service  are  demanded  alike  of  white  and 
black  in  the  process  of  solving  this  problem;  and  with  minds  and 
hearts  fixed  on  preserving  the  unity  of  the  Church,  and  in  the  spirit  of 
service,  and  even  at  the  cost  of  sacrifice,  let  the  Churchmen  of  both 
races  steadfastly  endeavor  to  avoid  experiments  in  organization  which 
may  wreck  that  ideal,  but  go  forward  with  a  new  fidelity  to  that 
ideal,  and  a  new  obedience  to  the  call  of  Him  who  is  the  Saviour  of  the 
world,  and  genuinely  make  trial  of  our  present  organization,  to- 
gether with  such  auxiliary  Episcopal  ministrations  as  can  be  provided 
without  separation  into  race  jurisdictions." 

Such  is  the  advice  of  our  great  national  Council  after  a 
full  and  earnest  discussion  running  through  many  days  and 
weeks.  I  think  we  may  well  respect  this  advice,  and  that 
in  quietness  and  confidence  we  may  look  for  strength  and 
wisdom  to  discover  and  put  into  effect  some  method  upon 
which  we  can  all  unite  and  agree. 

The  Work  or  the  Diocese. 

The  foregoing  matters  have  occupied  so  much  of  the  time 
proper  for  this  address  that  I  can  only  refer  briefly  to  our 
local  diocesan  affairs.  These  home  interests,  so  to  speak,  are 
the  constant  subject  of  our  one  thought  and  solicitude.  The 
triennial  meeting  of  our  great  national  Church  Council  re- 
quires of  us  at  this  time  to  consider  those  wider  questions 
and  interests. 

Within  the  Diocese  I  believe  our  work  is  going  on  quietly 
and  with  a  healthy  but  not  a  phenomenal  growth  and  develop- 
ment. I  mentioned  last  year  as  specially  important  our 
work  among  the  new  communities  growing  up  around  our 
great  manufacturing  centers,  and  also  the  strengthening  of 
some  of  our  city  parishes.  These  conditions  continue  to  at- 
tract our  attention.  One  of  the  most  gratifying  facts  of  our 
present  diocesan  work  is  that  some  of  the  very  best  and  ablest 
of  our  young  Clergy,  who  have  undertaken  to  build  up  the 
Church  in  the  crowded  life  of  these  new  manufacturing  com- 
munities, are  nobly  continuing  in  that  work  in  a  spirit  of 
true  devotion  and  self-sacrifice,  in  spite  of  many  inducements 
held  out  to  them  to  remove  to  large  parishes  with  correspond- 
ing opportunities  of  personal  ease  and  advancement.     I  can- 


Address  of  the  Bishop.  21 

not  do  for  them  what  I  feel  that  I  ought  to  do,  but  at  least 
I  appreciate  the  high  character  of  their  service,  and  I  feel 
that  such  examples  of  unselfish  devotion  to  duty  go  further 
toward  maintaining  the  true  dignity  and  power  of  the  Chris- 
tian ministry  than  any  excellence  of  eloquence  or  learning 
or  ability,  in  conspicuous  and  remunerative  positions. 

And  in  regard  to  those  parishes  more  favorably  situated, 
whose  increasing  membership  and  more  abundant  resources 
enable  them  to  enlarge  and  beautify  their  churches,  and  to 
adorn  and  enrich  their  services,  I  must  ask  them  to  remember 
that  while  it  is  right  that  we  should  show  our  respect  and 
love  for  the  services  of  God's  House,  by  giving  it  of  our  very 
best,  yet  this  should  not  be  done  at  the  expense  of  those  chari- 
table and  missionary  enterprises  of  the  Church  which  must 
depend  for  their  support  upon  our  larger  and  richer  parishes. 
Let  me  ask  you  to  remember  that  everything  added  to  your 
own  parish  should  be  marked  by  a  corresponding  increase  in 
your  contributions  to  the  work  of  the  Diocese  and  of  the 
Church  at  large.  There  is  no  surer  way  to  weaken  and  kill 
out  the  real  life  of  a  parish  than  by  concentrating  the  efforts 
of  the  people  upon  their  own  parochial  affairs.  The  very  suc- 
cess of  such  a  policy  is  its  ruin.  When  a  parish  becomes  com- 
pletely self-centered,  it  has  then  lost  the  reality  of  Christian 
life.      Only  as  we  live  for  others  are  we  Christians. 

Our  diocesan  institutions  are  in  a  healthy  and  a  hopeful 
condition.  Their  annual  reports  are  before  the  Convention, 
and  do  not  need  to  be  supplemented  by  any  extensive  notice 
from  me  in  this  place.  I  may,  however,  without  impropriety, 
express  the  gratification  which  with  many  others  I  feel  in 
having  at  the  head  of  St.  Mary's  School  the  Rev.  George  W. 
Lay,  son  of  the  late  Bishop  Lay,  and  great  nephew  of  our 
own  great  and  greatly  beloved  Bishop  Atkinson.  Coming  to 
us  after  years  of  service  in  one  of  the  great  schools  of  the 
country,  we  feel  confident  that  he  will  carry  on  with  widening 
power  and  influence  the  work  which  in  the  past  has  com- 
manded the  devoted  service  of  such  a  succession  of  men  as 
have  preceded  him. 

Sunday  School  Work. 

I  earnestly  commend  to  the  Clergy  and  laity  of  the  Dio- 
cese the  work  of  our  Sunday  Schools.  We  have  had  a  com- 
mittee of  this  Convention  considering,  and  from  time  to  time 


22  Address  of  the  Bishop. 

reporting  on,  this  subject.  The  admirable  report  made  last 
year,  and  printed  in  our  Journal,  will  repay  your  careful 
reading.  I  trust  the  Committee  may  have  something  for  us 
at  this  session  also.  I  feel  that  it  is  a  part  of  our  work  in 
which  we  most  ../ed  to  exert  ourselves.  I  do  not  think  we  are 
coming  up  to  u  ._  measure  of  our  duty  to  our  own  children, 
and  to  those  young  persons  who  come  within  our  sphere  of 
influence.  And  I  think  that  we  of  the  Clergy  are  chiefly  to 
blame.  We  are  the  leaders  of  the  people,  and  their  teachers. 
They  must  be  willing  to  w<  rk,  but  .vc  must  instruct  them  in 
the  best  methods  of  work,  ami  we  must  illustrate  those  meth- 
ods by  our  own  use  of  them,  as  the  exemplars  and  leaders 
of  the  lay  people.  Every  parish  priest  should  be  the  head 
of  the  Sunday  School  work  in  his  parish,  and  should  be  an 
actual  presence  and  power  in  his  Sunday  School.  He  can  not 
be  always  in  the  Sunday  School ;  he  can  not,  perhaps,  teach 
regularly  in  it.  But  he  should  at  least  be  present  frequently, 
and  should  be  virtually  its  controlling  and  guiding  influence 
and  intelligence.  In  my  own  parochial  experience  I  could 
not  always  act  as  superintendent  of  the  Sunday  School — 
though  at  times  I  was  able  to  do  this — but  I  never  allowed 
myself  to  be  habitually  absent  from  its  sessions.  The  pastor 
is  specially  charged  by  the  Chief  Shepherd :  "Feed  my 
lambs."  Under  the  actual  conditions  of  our  life  and  society 
it  is  in  the  Sunday  School,  and  by  means  of  the  Sunday 
School,  that  the  rector  of  a  large  parish  must  get  at  the  chil- 
dren. I  was  never  able  to  feel  that  I  had  been  very  success- 
ful in  my  own  Sunday  School  work,  and  X  am  not  disposed  to 
lay  down  the  law  to  others  as  to  methods  and  systems  of  work, 
but  I  am  very  sure  that  I  am  right  in  pressing  upon  the  cler- 
gy the  importance  of  the  duty  which  they  owe  to  the  Sunday 
School.  Unless  they  are  prepared  to  abolish  Sunday  Schools, 
and  to  discharge  their  obligations  to  the  lambs  of  the  flocks, 
and  to  the  Good  Shepherd  Who  sends  them  to  feed  the  flock, 
by  some  better  method — they  must  take  upon  themselves 
the  burden  of  seeing  that  the  work  of  the  Sunday  School  is 
well  and  thoroughly  done ;  better  done,  in  fact,  than,  as  a 
rule,  it  has  been  done  in  the  past.  I  invite  the  wisdom  and 
zeal  of  this  Convention  to  take  up  this  s;reat  interest  of  the 
Kins'dom,  and  to  consult  how  we  may  all  do  our  dutv  more 
faithfully  and  more  effectively  in  caring  for  those  who  must 
so  soon  stand  in  our  places. 


Address  of  the  Bishop.  23 

The  Anointing  of  the  Sick. 

A  very  important  matter  has  during'  the  past  year  been 
forced  upon  my  attention,  and  has  demanded  action.  One 
of  the  ablest  and  best  learned  of  our  clergy  made  written 
application  to  me  for  my  counsel  as  to  what  response  he  should 
make  to  the  application  of  a  member  of  the  Church,  seriously 
ill,  and  desirous  of  receiving  those  ministrations  spoken  of  by 
the  Apostle  St.  James,  where  he  says:  "If  any  among  you 
be  sick  let  him  call  for  the  Elders  of  the  Church,  and  let 
them  pray  over  him,  anointing  him  with  oil  in  the  name 
of  the  Lord;  and  the  prayer  of  faith  shall  save  the  sick,  and 
the  Lord  shall  raise  him  up." 

After  serious  consideration  1  felt  obliged  to  say  that  if 
such  an  application  were  made  to  me,  I  should  fear  to  refuse, 
since  the  plain  words  of  Holy  Scripture  seem  to  warrant  the 
demand.  Thereupon  the  same  priest  desired  that  I  would 
instruct  him  in  a  proper  and  reverent  method  of  granting 
such  request.  The  result  of  this  correspondence  and  request 
was  that  T  felt  it  my  duty,  forced  upon  me  most  unexpectedly, 
to  set  forth  a  Form  of  "Anointing  the  Sick,"  with  prayer 
for  their  restoration  to  bodily  health  f.nd  strength.  The  use 
of  this  is  not  imposed  upon  any  one.  It  is  only  provided  in 
case  it  be  demanded  by  members  of  the  Church,  and  where 
the  priest  of  whom  the  demand  is  made,  feels  it  to  l>e  his 
duty  to  grant  it. 

This  opens  a  very  large  subject,  which  I  do  not  propose  to 
discuss.  But  to  avoid,  if  possible,  any  misapprehension,  I 
may  add  that  this  service  does  not  profess  to  be  of  a  sacra- 
mental character,  in  the  sense  in  which  the  Church  defines 
and  uses  the  word  sacrament ;  but  is  merely  a  form  of  prayer, 
sanctioned  by  the  direct  prescription  of  God's  Holy  Word, 
for  recovery  from  bodily  sickness,  and  restoration  to  bodily 
health  and  strength. 


Since  the  foregoing  part  of  this  address  was  written  we 
have  lost  one  of  our  nearest  neighbors  among  the  Bishops  of 
the  Church,  the  Bight  Beverend  Ellison  Capers,  Bishop  of 
South  Carolina.  I  was  able  to  be  present  at  his  funeral, 
April  24,  as  an  inadequate  expression  of  the  respect  and 
affection  1  had  learned  to  feel  for  him  in  an  acquaintance 
of  nearly  twenty  years.  I  have  seldom  known  so  beautiful 
and  attractive  a  personality  or  so  pure  and  exalted  a  charac- 


24  Address  of  the  Bishop. 

ter.  For  most  of  us  it  is  a  hard  struggle  to  gam  even  a  little 
inward  grace  to  subdue  the  grosser  elements  of  our  mortal 
nature ;  and  we  must  trust  to  the  chanty  and  forbearance  oi 
our  brethren  in  judging  our  best  qualities  and  endeavors. 
With  him  the  inward  grace  seemed  so  perfectly  to  have  ac- 
complished its  work  upon  heart  and  spirit  that  its  light  and 
warmth  could  not  be  contined,  but  must  shine  out  upon  all 
around. 

A  singularly  successful  and  happy  life  was  his,  and  all 
who  came  into  even  casual  contact  with  him  had  part  in 
its  success  and  happiness.  lie  was  one  of  the  youngest 
generals  iu  the  Confederate  army,  and  immediately  after 
the  war  was  made  Secretary  of  State  of  South  Carolina. 
Abandoniug  political  life  he  devoted  himself  to  the  work  of 
the  ministry,  and  as  Deacon,  Presbyter,  and  Bishop,  com- 
manded universal  love  and  respect.  There  has  been  no  pub- 
lic man  in  South  Carolina  since  the  war  who  has  enjoyed 
through  his  whole  life,  up  to  the  day  of  his  death,  such  uni- 
versal popular  confidence  and  affection.  His  personality 
was  a  distinct  and  valuable  asset  in  the  resources  of  the 
Church  in  that  State.  As  a  Bishop  he  was  faithful,  dili- 
gent, and  full  of  love  for  his  people,  for  his  work,  for  his 
brethren.  He  made  the  world  a  world  of  goodness  and  love 
for  all  who  came  within  the  sphere  of  his  influence.  We 
who  knew  him  feel  that  we  have  known  very  few  like  him; 
and  in  the  knowledge  that  such  characters  can  be  produced 
out  of  our  human  nature  by  divine  grace,  we  thank  God,  and 
take  courage. 

And  now,  brethren,  having  to  the  best  of  my  power  set 
before  you  some  of  the  matters  of  interest  ond  importance 
which  confront  us  as  members  of  the  Diocese  of  North  Caro- 
lina assembled  in  an  annual  Council,  I  ask  yon  to  consider 
how  we  may  all  work  together  in  mutual  love,  sympathy,  and 
forbearance,  for  the  growth  of  God's  Kingdom  in  our  hearts 
and  for  its  extension  among  men. 

Jos.  Blount  Cheshire, 
Bishop  of  North  Carolina. 


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